Thank goodness you're back, dude, I learn the most from you out of all content creators. Very happy to see you come up with a fantasy UL team. I have been seeing nothing at all but Giratina double bug/steel
Man i wish I got to see when you played but congratulations on top 16 in the championships! Tbh I'm not mad you didn't post video while world championships where going on, I would've gotten too much screen time if so (i try to still have a life instead of being inside all time). I don't feel forced to watch it's just my brain clicking directly on your video when I get the notification. I love to watch your videos and it's perfect after having a long day (I think what I've seen you post after like 12:00 at least) . Anyways thank for another team for us to climb with I'm soon probably hitting legend!
Hello, I started playing PVP a little under two years ago and have definitely improved GRADUALLY and was even able to get to 2940 ELO during the last rotation of Ultra League. Fantasy cup has got me into 2500s again. I really want to give Masters another shot but due to the remote raid nerfs and how near impossible it is to build legendary’s, my current roster consist of only Dnite, Lax, Gyary, Metagross, Lugia, Florges, & Mamo. Been running Meta (lead), Lugia(safe), & Dnite. Teams has a good grade & its does decent, but I find myself struggling with all the legendary’s I see.. Wondering if I should switch the team around, and also which mon should I have as my buddy? Thank you for reading this🙏🏽 Congrats making top cut at worlds, I was rooting for you!
I would love to help, but I haven't played enough master league to know what's good at all. I don't have a large roster either. I have only ever found succes with D-nite, Groudon and Excadrill (you can of course use Metagross instead of Groudon)
great to see u play excadrill at such a high lvl!! it's one of my fav pokemon in the game but can't really make it work in the meta at higher veteran elo. really good gameplay u see true skill which isn't common in vids on this cup 😂
I have a 7/14/12 shine Registeel built with Zap Cannon. I dont have enough XL to build another one and dont want to tm away ZC. Would you swap Exca or Aslash for the ZC Registeel or rather stick to the team you showcase then? Im afraid Giratinas wo flash cannon.
That is a good question. Giras aren't that bad even with ZC, so I would still prefer Regi. I would probably go with Regi and A-slash if you have ZC because you want the better response to Giras
@@HumancatcherBug wouldn’t grass fairy be a good typing against rock fairy? Seems like Bulu would resist all moves while being able to hit for super effect with grass moves.
Thank god is Legend battlers have been missing Our daily dose of Catcherbug. ALSO GREAT RUN IN THE LOSERS BRACKET AT WORLDS WE WERE ALL ROOTING FOR YOU AND Mart1n🍀🍀
Congrats on the top 16! Random question, if shadow does 20% more damage, but takes 20% more damage, couldn't you build a 15-0-0, and have a very similar pokemon stats wise? Except you'd win more CMPs because the shadow bonus isn't factored into CMP tie?
I had the same idea once, but looking into it I realized that the high rank Pokemon simply have more stats overall. You simply get a higher stat product by prioritizing HP and defense
@@HumancatcherBug yeah I also don’t know if the shadow bonus ignores breakpoints where 15 attack doesn’t. More attack may not reach a breakpoint worthy of 15% increased damage.
Just a question. When you’re talking reviewing this footage like “it’s 6 6 5 and the Tapu Fini has 16 water guns worth of energy and the Weezing is 7 6 and they threw the play rough so one more to get to the overheat and then 5 more for the second” - obviously I’m making up those numbers for my point - Is this you saying it in review or are you actually doing all of those calculations in your head in real time? I know some legend players who claim they do and others who claim they don’t and just know matchups. I’m decent at mental arithmetic but it seems like an insane amount of information to be using and calculating on the spot in real time.
I am for the most part doing it all in real time and like to think I know exactly where my opponent is at almost all the time. It is something which I have been practicing for a long time and I always look up how many fast moves are required for charge moves if I don't know. I was known as the human calculator when I was younger and have always had a thing for numbers. I think being this precise gives you another level of play when it comes to catching, overfarming and so on
Top 16 is a huge flex! Also I recently found out that you have a yt channel, so I subbed, but I didn't know that you have those Tapu Fini ivs. I need to find somebody to trade a Tapu Fini, Cress, and Regi with because I have a rank 14 Cress for the GL, but I don't have a good one for the UL, and my GL Regi is a 10/11/10 and I don't even have an UL regi. And I don't have a Tapu Fini in any leagues, so I'm hoping to get a decent one in the future. Unfortunately there isn't really any players that I know in my area, and all of the ones that I know, don't play pvp, so it's kinda tough to trade legendaries for PvP
I don't have any local pvp players either, but I've been able to trade when travelling. Still looking for a GL fini aswell, but it's tough without locals
I'm so jelly you have the rank 1 tapu, I wasted so much dust in trades and the best I could get was a rank 700ish, I powered up a shiny rank 2050ish, maybe I don't have the best ivs but I got the best looks 😎
@@HumancatcherBug dude I finally found consistency. I powered up a rank 200 xernes although obviously not the best pick out of all options i am so limited. 3/5, 4/5, 5/5. Tapu lead i never lost a single lead. The worst i had was mirror leads that can be very annoying with baits
@@HumancatcherBug tapu gira and xernes worked nicely for me. Enough to regularly get 3 and not have to stress about playing this cup anymore. Yes a bit weak to steels but honestly gira/tapu handle them by the te xernes rolls in
Really annoying to not have you on stream even though you got day 2. Would be interested to hear your thoughts about the games or the tournament even without footage if you change your mind about making a video :)
I was considering it. I just don't know how to format the video. I could maybe do a stream where I talk about it and play some GBL, but I don't have the time to set up a stream currently
@@HumancatcherBug Haha yeah I put it off too long, building up my greninjas and poliwraths depleted my dust :/ Any substitute you would recommend until I buildmine? I have 40 more wins to get that elite charge tm reward lol
Thank goodness you're back, dude, I learn the most from you out of all content creators. Very happy to see you come up with a fantasy UL team. I have been seeing nothing at all but Giratina double bug/steel
Welcome back buddy! I was rooting for you at worlds, hope to see you at the top next time! Great battles as always. Cheers.
Get outta here with that super good IV Tapu Fini.
Haha 😂
Isn't that a mil to get those kind of iv rerolls for good friends?
@@francisballon88541600
@@francisballon8854It’s absolutely insane. How is that possible. I would be happy with a top 10% tapu fini for either league
@@francisballon8854 Only if you don't have it in the dex. It costs 16k I think
Great to see you back! Congrats on top 16! Amazing achievement!
Glad to see you're back. Hopefully I'll joining you on the leaderboards haha
Man i wish I got to see when you played but congratulations on top 16 in the championships! Tbh I'm not mad you didn't post video while world championships where going on, I would've gotten too much screen time if so (i try to still have a life instead of being inside all time). I don't feel forced to watch it's just my brain clicking directly on your video when I get the notification. I love to watch your videos and it's perfect after having a long day (I think what I've seen you post after like 12:00 at least) . Anyways thank for another team for us to climb with I'm soon probably hitting legend!
Great to see you back dude, thanks for the content
Missed your content so much! Welcome back ❤
Congrats on your awesome world's run! Glad to see you back
Congrats on a fantastic run at worlds!!! Top 16 is incredible!! 👏
Good to see you back. I cheer for you at the world championship, it was a really tough competition but well done. Greetings from Mexico
Hello, I started playing PVP a little under two years ago and have definitely improved GRADUALLY and was even able to get to 2940 ELO during the last rotation of Ultra League. Fantasy cup has got me into 2500s again. I really want to give Masters another shot but due to the remote raid nerfs and how near impossible it is to build legendary’s, my current roster consist of only Dnite, Lax, Gyary, Metagross, Lugia, Florges, & Mamo.
Been running Meta (lead), Lugia(safe), & Dnite. Teams has a good grade & its does decent, but I find myself struggling with all the legendary’s I see.. Wondering if I should switch the team around, and also which mon should I have as my buddy?
Thank you for reading this🙏🏽
Congrats making top cut at worlds, I was rooting for you!
I would love to help, but I haven't played enough master league to know what's good at all. I don't have a large roster either. I have only ever found succes with D-nite, Groudon and Excadrill (you can of course use Metagross instead of Groudon)
@@HumancatcherBug Thank you so much for the reply, appreciate you🙏🏽
He’s Back! Great job at World’s dude!
great to see u play excadrill at such a high lvl!!
it's one of my fav pokemon in the game but can't really make it work in the meta at higher veteran elo.
really good gameplay u see true skill which isn't common in vids on this cup 😂
Excadrill is also one of my favorites. I absolutely love it in Master league Premier. It's tough to use, but when it works it destroys
Thanks for showcasing this team, was able to make the final push for legend with it!
Congratulations!
I have a 7/14/12 shine Registeel built with Zap Cannon. I dont have enough XL to build another one and dont want to tm away ZC. Would you swap Exca or Aslash for the ZC Registeel or rather stick to the team you showcase then? Im afraid Giratinas wo flash cannon.
That is a good question. Giras aren't that bad even with ZC, so I would still prefer Regi. I would probably go with Regi and A-slash if you have ZC because you want the better response to Giras
What is the best replacement for the alolan sandslash? Kyurem maybe?
The best is Regi, but you can try Kuyrem. If you use either, I think they should be the safe swap instead of Excadrill
dont have a good tapu fini, what would you suggest to lead with as an alternate for this team?
Something that beats the fighters convincingly. Maybe Gira-A
A little off topic, but do you think Tapu Bulu will have any play as a Carbink counter or are there better options?
I don't know if i'm missing something, but Tapu bulu loses quite convincingly to Carbink
@@HumancatcherBug wouldn’t grass fairy be a good typing against rock fairy? Seems like Bulu would resist all moves while being able to hit for super effect with grass moves.
@@TheRealMrAndrew It should, yes, but it doesn't resist any of Carbink's moves and Carbink is just a monster
It fell refreshing to see regular Sandslash instead if the shadow
I got exactly the same tapu fini IVs from a gofest trade! Just need a second good aslash to pair it with as I think GL is probably the priority
GL is always my priority and I also need an UL A-slash. I just don't have the XL candy
What about a Dragonite with Steel Wing as a fast move because of all these fairies? Is that so horrible or viable?
Anyway great performance in w cup
It still loses to all the fairies. Steel wing is just a bad move
I have a shadow sand rank 11 for great and 24 for ultra. Id it worth powering up to ultra?
I would definitely prioritize it for great league, but I also play great league a lot more
Have u concidered starting on Twitch?
I have considered it. I have a few things I'm considering
Wait what was 8:32 ? Was that a cheat ? Please explain
No. It was just a bad joke from me. In my local community we joke that top lefting in the charge move counts as a win. It does not work
"Giratina, calm down with your bulk!"
I have a rank 80 shadow Sandslash for Ultra but i also have a rank 1 non shadow. what should I power up???
I like the shadow more if you can only make one
I would be interested to hear you discuss your team building for worlds, and overviews of your matches (from what you remember)!
I'm still thinking of ways to format the video, but including the team is a good idea. I'll think about it
Thank god is Legend battlers have been missing Our daily dose of Catcherbug.
ALSO GREAT RUN IN THE LOSERS BRACKET AT WORLDS WE WERE ALL ROOTING FOR YOU AND Mart1n🍀🍀
Thank you!
Congrats on the top 16! Random question, if shadow does 20% more damage, but takes 20% more damage, couldn't you build a 15-0-0, and have a very similar pokemon stats wise? Except you'd win more CMPs because the shadow bonus isn't factored into CMP tie?
I had the same idea once, but looking into it I realized that the high rank Pokemon simply have more stats overall. You simply get a higher stat product by prioritizing HP and defense
@@HumancatcherBug yeah I also don’t know if the shadow bonus ignores breakpoints where 15 attack doesn’t. More attack may not reach a breakpoint worthy of 15% increased damage.
I see an HCB video, I like it. Simple
Glad to have you back! Congrats on top 16 at worlds!
will you ever stream?
Maybe in the future
I'm so jealous of the ivs of some of your pokemon this tapu fini being the #1
I didn’t play Fantasy Cup last time it was around but had an 11 match win streak with Tapu Fini/ASlash/Escav
Nice!
Thanks for giving us the counts as you play!
What the heck 😭 you uploaded after 3 weeks!
I know. I really wanted to give myself time to try and win worlds
Big flex on the rank 1 Ultra League Tapu Fini.
Just a question. When you’re talking reviewing this footage like “it’s 6 6 5 and the Tapu Fini has 16 water guns worth of energy and the Weezing is 7 6 and they threw the play rough so one more to get to the overheat and then 5 more for the second”
- obviously I’m making up those numbers for my point -
Is this you saying it in review or are you actually doing all of those calculations in your head in real time? I know some legend players who claim they do and others who claim they don’t and just know matchups. I’m decent at mental arithmetic but it seems like an insane amount of information to be using and calculating on the spot in real time.
I am for the most part doing it all in real time and like to think I know exactly where my opponent is at almost all the time. It is something which I have been practicing for a long time and I always look up how many fast moves are required for charge moves if I don't know. I was known as the human calculator when I was younger and have always had a thing for numbers. I think being this precise gives you another level of play when it comes to catching, overfarming and so on
Amazing job at worlds HCB! You took vish out! He was looking crazy good day 1
Thank you. I took him out with 1 hp and a dream :D
@@HumancatcherBug epic! XD Homeslicehenry was very happy to see you advanced from that battle
@@NeonMyloXyloto I saw. It made me happy to see him so excited about my progress
you did great at worlds HCB!
Top 16 is a huge flex! Also I recently found out that you have a yt channel, so I subbed, but I didn't know that you have those Tapu Fini ivs. I need to find somebody to trade a Tapu Fini, Cress, and Regi with because I have a rank 14 Cress for the GL, but I don't have a good one for the UL, and my GL Regi is a 10/11/10 and I don't even have an UL regi. And I don't have a Tapu Fini in any leagues, so I'm hoping to get a decent one in the future. Unfortunately there isn't really any players that I know in my area, and all of the ones that I know, don't play pvp, so it's kinda tough to trade legendaries for PvP
I don't have any local pvp players either, but I've been able to trade when travelling. Still looking for a GL fini aswell, but it's tough without locals
I'm so jelly you have the rank 1 tapu, I wasted so much dust in trades and the best I could get was a rank 700ish, I powered up a shiny rank 2050ish, maybe I don't have the best ivs but I got the best looks 😎
Shiny flex is also something. I still trade for Tapu fini trying to get one for GL, but haven't been able to. I know the struggle
Man and i thought i was lucky getting 3/15/15 #23 tapu.and heres my guy carrying a #1, great win on just that alone!
Haha. Yours is still really good. I just got incredibly lucky
Those fini IVs are wild
Yes. I was going crazy when I got it
@HumancatcherBug I know how you feel. I got a 2/11/14 Cres from a trade yesterday... and it's Great League compatible 😍
@@ReturntoReason I envy you. That is amazing!
Feels like Iron Head is a better moveset than Rock Slide assuming no one runs flying type coverage
Yes. I think so too
1/13/15 tapu what in the world?!?! Insane
Haha :D
Welcome back hcb
YESSSSS
Fuck i don’t have a sandslash or really any steels so limited in UL. Wulould giratina work instead?
Tapu fini and Giratina make a good core and are both very good in this meta, so yes
@@HumancatcherBug okay and should i lead tapu since it is so strong?
@@Fatkidlovecake I like fini lead, but it can also be a safe swap or in the back
@@HumancatcherBug dude I finally found consistency. I powered up a rank 200 xernes although obviously not the best pick out of all options i am so limited. 3/5, 4/5, 5/5. Tapu lead i never lost a single lead. The worst i had was mirror leads that can be very annoying with baits
@@HumancatcherBug tapu gira and xernes worked nicely for me. Enough to regularly get 3 and not have to stress about playing this cup anymore. Yes a bit weak to steels but honestly gira/tapu handle them by the te xernes rolls in
Really annoying to not have you on stream even though you got day 2. Would be interested to hear your thoughts about the games or the tournament even without footage if you change your mind about making a video :)
I was considering it. I just don't know how to format the video. I could maybe do a stream where I talk about it and play some GBL, but I don't have the time to set up a stream currently
tbh i am addicted to CMP my opponents after watching your video
I think it's obvious that I am too
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First team to get me a positive set in this cup.. 🙌🏻🙌🏻
Wow haha. It is a tough meta
WE ARE SO BACK
YES Welcome back!!
I rally want to run this team but I'm about 500k stardust short of building my ranks 1 shadow A slash :(
😭
Yikes. Gotta commit to the rank 1 if you have it though!
@@HumancatcherBug Haha yeah I put it off too long, building up my greninjas and poliwraths depleted my dust :/
Any substitute you would recommend until I buildmine? I have 40 more wins to get that elite charge tm reward lol
@@oliverlangrall2014 Registeel is definitely the best, but you can try different steel types
Finally ;)
return of the king 🫡
8.44 that haxorus is so tiny 🤏
I didn't notice. That's kind of a sick flex
finally!! 🫣
Those fini IVs are wild